Karlie Niedert considered the circumstances of her graduation from the University of Northern Iowa in the spring of 2020 to be bad timing.
The arrival of the novel coronavirus in Iowa, and the related shutdowns meant job openings weren’t plentiful.
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Karlie Niedert's hopes to get citizens more physically active as part of her new job at the Iowa Falls Parks and Rec Department.
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